PETERSON v. COMMONWEALTH

SJC-12281.

478 Mass. 434 (2017)

OMARI PETERSON v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 29, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam R. LaGrassa , Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

William S. Smith for the plaintiff.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, & CYPHER, JJ.


After the Appeals Court reversed the conviction of the plaintiff, Omari Peterson, and set aside the verdict on a charge of unlawful possession of a dangerous weapon, he filed a civil complaint in the Superior Court seeking compensation under the erroneous convictions statute, G. L. c. 258D. A judge denied the Commonwealth's motion to dismiss...

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